Paint shield



' Nov. 24, 1925.

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Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

ROBERT ELLIOTT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO THOMASM. IBINKS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IAINT SHIELD.

Application filed June 9, 1925. Serial No. 35,877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PaintShields; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith accompanying drawings and the characters of reference markedthereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, andwhich said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent,iii- Fig. 1 a plan View, showing a four-part shield constructed inaccordance with my in vention.

Fig. 2 a face View, showing the shields in position.

Fig. 3 a vertical, sectional view through the shields, on an enlargedscale.

This invention relates to improvement in paint shields, and particularlyto shields adapted to be placed over glass, to prevent paint fromreaching the glass when the surrounding parts are being coated withpaint by a spraying process. It has been customary to paste sheets ofpaper over the glass, but this is difficult to remove, after thepainting is done. The object of this invention is to provide metalshields which will completely cover exposed surfaces of glass, so thatpaint may be applied by spraying, without touching the g ass, and theinvention consists in the construction as hereinafter described andparticularly recited in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, I preferably employ four plates 5, 6, 7and 8 of'the desired size and adapted, when overlapped,

to entirely cover the exposed surface of a sheet of glass 9 in a frameor sash 10. The plates 5 and 7 are each formed with a row of teeth 11struck out from the plates 5 and 7, and adapted to be engaged by theends of springs 12, which are secured near the lower edges of the plates6 and 8. The plates 5 and 6 are first arranged over the glass at oneside, and the spring 12 engaged with one of the teeth 11 in the plate 5,tending to force the edges of the plates against the upper and loweredges of the frame.

The plates 7 and 8 are then placed over the glass at the other side, andthe spring engaged with the fingers, as above described.

In this way, the four plates completely cover the surface of the glass,so that the surrounding frame may be coated with paint by spraying andwithout danger of paint reaching the surface of the glass. In I thecaseof vertically-movable glass-frames, as in doors or sliding windows ofautomobiles, the lower edges of the plates 6 and 8 may enter between theglass and the frame, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In any event,the springs 12 tend to force the up- 05 per and lower edges of-theplates to a hearing. I claim:

A paint shield, comprising a pair of inner plates, each provided with aspring-finger, a

air of outer plates, each formed with teeth in line with said springsand ada ted, when the said plates overlap, to be he d in posi: tion bythe engagement of the springs with said teeth.

In testimony whereof, have signed this ROBERT ELLIOTT.

' specification.

